Annual Congress Vienna 2009

Saturday, 12.09.2009
Sunday, 13.09.2009
Monday, 14.09.2009
Tuesday, 15.09.2009
Wednesday, 16.09.2009

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2009; 34: Suppl. 53, abstract number.


Material from 2009:
  • 4047 Abstracts
  • 652 Slide presentations
  • 300 Webcasts
  • 93 Handouts
  • 2150 e-posters
  • 300 Multimedia files
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Socio-economic and epidemiological aspects of sleep apnoea

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: J. A. Hedner (Gothenburg, Sweden), I. Fietze (Berlin, Germany)
The economic consequences of snoring, obstructive sleep apnea and obesity hypoventilation syndrome
P. Jennum, J. Kjelberg (Copenhagen, Denmark)
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Congress or journal article abstract
The cooking profession contributes to a higher prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome
M. Trefny, A. Grandcourt, A. Dohnalova (Prague, Czech Republic)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Short sleep duration and obesity in an urban population. The Athens study
F. Drakopanagiotakis, V. Fayngersh, G. Ifanti, E. Gouveri, G. Marakomichelakis, V. Sevastianos, E. Mavrokefalou, S. Moschona, E. Fragouli, E. Diamantopoulos (Athens, Greece; Providence, United States Of America)
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Compliance with CPAP: are there differences between south asian and caucasian patients with osa?
A. Lal, A. D. Vellore, S. Madathil, D. Banerjee (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
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Socioeconomic status and obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS)
P. M. Prapa, I. Nikolopoulos, K. Kostikas, C. Pastaka, P. Kythreotis, D. Veldekis, K. Gourgoulianis (Athens, Larissa, Greece)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Is living close to main roads a risk for OSAS?
M. Gerbase, D. Felber Dietrich, J. Dratva, S. Liu, J. M. Gaspoz, B. Jean-Claude, C. Schindler, F. Roche, T. Rochat (Geneva, Basle, Switzerland; St. Etienne, France)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Airline acceptability of CPAP: is relevant information available on the airlines‘ websites?
S. Gill, A. James, G. Walters, D. Banerjee (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in untreated Mediterranean patients with the obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS)
A. Zito, A. Barcelò, P. Steiropoulos, F. Barbè, M. Buttacavoli, O. Marrone, V. Bellia, M. Bonsignore (Palermo, Italy; Palma de Mallorca, Lleida, Spain; Alexandroupolis, Greece)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Is there a gender difference in cardiovascular mortality in obstructive sleep apnoea?
Y. Peker, S. Thorvaldsson, Y. Turgut Celen, E. Thunström, L. Grote, J. Hedner (Skoevde, Gothenburg, Sweden)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Driving towards a change to DVLA reporting in obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome?
M. Kyi, A. Proctor, C. Billings, S. Bianchi (Sheffield, United Kingdom)
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Subjective sleep quality and drowsiness of nurses working in shifts in a large general hospital. A pilot study
A. Aparecido Carlesse, C. Fanaro da Costa Damato, K. Aparecida Almeida Lima Lourenço, R. Montenegro-Rodigues (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Prevalence of symptoms and risk of sleep apnea in the Iranian population
B. Amra, M. Golshan, Z. Farajzadegan (Isfahan, Islamic Republic Of Iran)
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Congress or journal article abstract
High prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in nondialyzed severe chronic renal failure patients
F. Di Marco, S. M. Pizzolato, M. Cozzolino, E. Zambrelli, G. F. Sferrazza Papa, D. Brancaccio, S. Centanni (Milan, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in patients with hypertension and obstructive sleep apnea
M. Hobzova, E. Sovova, M. Sova, P. Zmeškal, V. Kolek, K. Langova (Olomouc, Czech Republic)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Prevalence of depressive symptoms in patients with obstructive sleep apnea
J. Herold, J. Acker, A. Piehl, F. Scholz, G. Niklewski, J. H. Ficker (Nuremberg, Germany)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) and hypothyroidism
R. Plywaczewski, B. Kazanecka, L. Jonczak, D. Gorecka, P. Sliwinski (Warsaw, Poland)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Prevalence of complex sleep apnea among German patients with obstructive sleep apnea
G. Weinreich, Y. M. Wang, S. Buehl, H. Teschler (Essen, Germany)
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Prevalence of complex sleep apnea (CompSAS) during manual CPAP titration for obstructive sleep apnea
J. Verbraecken, L. Schoonis, B. Verplancke, A. Boudewyns, E. Hamans, P. Van de Heyning, W. De Backer (Edegem, Belgium)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Screening of sleep apnea-induced hypertension and acute effect of continuous positive airway pressure
V. Donic, S. Grešová, Z. Tomori, I. Peregrím (Košice, Slovakia)
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